Library Guides: PSU 9: First-Year Seminar Communications: Overview

Larry & Ellen Foster Librarian for Communications

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Contact:

309-D Paterno Library
(Also available for remote consultations)

814.867.6051

Subjects: Advertising, Campus: University Park, Communication Arts and Sciences, Communications, Communications and Media Studies, Film-Video Studies, News Sources

Librarians

Jeff Knapp, Larry and Ellen Foster Communications Librarian

or Your Campus Librarian

Services

Course Reserves
Resources that your instructor has put on course reserve in the library can be found by Course number or Instructor’s name.
Ask A Librarian
On each of the libraries’ webpages, there is an Ask a Librarian chat widget on the right. Librarians staff the chat to answer your questions most hours of the day. If someone is not immediately available, you will be directed to an email webpage to ask your question. A librarian will respond as quickly as possible.
Study Rooms
- What are the guidelines?
- How do I make reservations?
  - Online reservations [Note: under Service, choose your location and study space. Please also note that only one person can be in the study space at a time. No groups.]
  - In person at any service desk in the University Libraries
Citation and Writing Guides
Guides for a variety of citation styles

Personal Librarian Assistance:

There are two librarians who specifically support students in the Bellisario College of Communications: Jeff Knapp and Cheryl McCallips. Email us for an appointment, to ask questions or for assistance!

Databases

Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) This link opens in a new window
Contains full text periodicals, trade publications, peer-reviewed journals, books, reports, and conference proceedings, many in PDF format.
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
An excellent starting place for articles related to all Communications disciplines.
CMMC incorporates CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals to create a research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth in the communication and mass media fields.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Database of periodicals, trade publications and scholarly journals covering all business disciplines.
An essential article database for business research providing the full text for more than 2,000 periodicals, including about 1,000 scholarly journals. Covers virtually all disciplines in business and economics, including: accounting, economics, econometrics, finance, marketing, management, MIS, QMM and supply chain management.
PsycINFO (via ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Find journals, dissertations, and books related to psychology and related disciplines, from the APA and other respected sources.
PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. Unrivaled in its depth of psychological coverage and respected worldwide for its high quality, the database is enriched with literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Nearly all records contain nonevaluative summaries, and all records from 1967 to the present are indexed using the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.